Yarnification

I taught myself how to do Tunisian simple stitch a few weeks ago before I had all the stuff to make this thing, but now I’m having trouble.

I’m doing up a gauge swatch (have I ever mentioned how much I hate swatching?) and I keep losing stitches on the right-hand side of the piece. (That would be the left if you’re right-handed—the place where you end the forward row and start the return row.) I didn’t have this problem before when I was learning to do it, but I don’t know if that was because the yarn wasn’t black then or because I just got lucky.

Mainly I think I just need to do some more practice swatches with lighter-colored yarn until I’m sure I’ve got the hang of it, but if anyone has any clue why I might be losing stitches I’d be much appreciative…

Observation: Keeping track of Tunisian rows is a little problematic, what with that forward row/return row thing. I keep losing all track of how many rows I’ve done.